Comments on: Personalized drug safety alerts http://www.healthcareguy.com/2007/09/28/personalized-drug-safety-alerts/ Shahid's healthcare IT, EMR, EHR, PHR, medical content, and document managment advisory service. Enjoy. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Drew Schulthess http://www.healthcareguy.com/2007/09/28/personalized-drug-safety-alerts/comment-page-1/#comment-633 Drew Schulthess Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:26:56 +0000 http://www.healthcareguy.com/index.php/archives/397#comment-633 FDA, Center for Evaluation and Research -Adverse drug reactions are the fourth leading cause ; -There are over two million serious Adverse Drug Reactions each year; -Adverse drug reactions account for approximately 100,000 deaths each year; I checked out the iGuard site and thought it was really neat. A great way to stay on top of your drugs and anyone you know who is taking drugs. It is so hard to keep up with all the newly released information! ADR’s are serious and in many cases can be completely avoided with knowledge. Recently at the Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco a new consumer health tool was released in beta to help avoid problematic drug interactions. The consumer health tool http://doublecheckmd.com makes DCMD makes finding drug-related problems fast and easy. Because DCMD identifies drug-related problems in a fraction of the time it would take other systems, DCMD is helping people recognize drug side effects that would otherwise have been missed for lack of time. What is really unique about this tool is it’s Natural Language Technology which enables the system to understand symptoms as the user naturally describes them. Everybody explains how they feel differently so this system will be able to interact with its users unlike anything else currently available. The site is available for a beta preview right now. I would really like to hear what you have to say about it, I think it is going to help a lot of individuals and save lives. I hope you find it as exciting as I do! FDA, Center for Evaluation and Research
-Adverse drug reactions are the fourth leading cause ;
-There are over two million serious Adverse Drug Reactions each year;
-Adverse drug reactions account for approximately 100,000 deaths each year;

I checked out the iGuard site and thought it was really neat. A great way to stay on top of your drugs and anyone you know who is taking drugs. It is so hard to keep up with all the newly released information!

ADR’s are serious and in many cases can be completely avoided with knowledge. Recently at the Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco a new consumer health tool was released in beta to help avoid problematic drug interactions.
The consumer health tool http://doublecheckmd.com makes DCMD makes finding drug-related problems fast and easy. Because DCMD identifies drug-related problems in a fraction of the time it would take other systems, DCMD is helping people recognize drug side effects that would otherwise have been missed for lack of time.

What is really unique about this tool is it’s Natural Language Technology which enables the system to understand symptoms as the user naturally describes them. Everybody explains how they feel differently so this system will be able to interact with its users unlike anything else currently available.

The site is available for a beta preview right now. I would really like to hear what you have to say about it, I think it is going to help a lot of individuals and save lives. I hope you find it as exciting as I do!

]]> By: Healthcare Intelligence Network http://www.healthcareguy.com/2007/09/28/personalized-drug-safety-alerts/comment-page-1/#comment-632 Healthcare Intelligence Network Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:09:27 +0000 http://www.healthcareguy.com/index.php/archives/397#comment-632 Healthcare professionals Leanne Huminski, Donna Isgett, Lenore Blank and Michelle Gilbert describe how they are using IT to reduce ADE (adverse drug events) in their practices in this podcast from the Healthcare Intelligence Network: http://blog.hin.com/?p=128 Healthcare professionals Leanne Huminski, Donna Isgett, Lenore Blank and Michelle Gilbert describe how they are using IT to reduce ADE (adverse drug events) in their practices in this podcast from the Healthcare Intelligence Network: http://blog.hin.com/?p=128

]]> By: Lee http://www.healthcareguy.com/2007/09/28/personalized-drug-safety-alerts/comment-page-1/#comment-631 Lee Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:19:42 +0000 http://www.healthcareguy.com/index.php/archives/397#comment-631 I've already signed up myself and my family for iGuard because I am managing not only my parents' meds, but mine as well. I have a chronic condition and was suprised when at my last doc visit, one of my meds (with a risk rating of orange) wasn't even in my file in their system. Health Apps are great, but human error is a reality. I'm hoping this new initiative really takes off, it could be a life saver. I’ve already signed up myself and my family for iGuard because I am managing not only my parents’ meds, but mine as well. I have a chronic condition and was suprised when at my last doc visit, one of my meds (with a risk rating of orange) wasn’t even in my file in their system. Health Apps are great, but human error is a reality. I’m hoping this new initiative really takes off, it could be a life saver.

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